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ASUS announced a new 28-inch 4K ultra high definition (UHD) monitor (max resolution: 3840×2160 pixels)
with a 1ms GTG response time (GTG means grey to grey) and a 60Hz refresh rate. Like the Samsung’s UD590, ASUS PB287Q exploits a TN (twisted nematic) panel (better quality monitors have an IPS panel, IPS=In-Plane Switching, see here for more details) and is capable to display colors with 10-bit per channel (a channel = R, G, B or A). A 10-bit monitor is able to display up to 230 (1’073’741’824 or 1.07 billion) colors. Regular monitors (8-bit per channel) display only 224 (16’0777’216 or 16 million) colors…

Too much hype for the 4K monitors I think. It’s a good evolution, but I would choose IPS over any TN, even 4K… IPS is the bigger ‘thing’ for me, even if less advertised. This monitor of course is clearly game oriented and may work great if the viewing angles are acceptable in practice.